Garment rack



A. E. SANDERSON GARMENT. RACK Dec. 3, 1946.

Filed Feb. 12, 1945 INVENTOR.

.Smvosesou v Q9266202 622: ,W W fik A w v $922226 a iii 7 g EThUR E g &-E 4 n Z Z I ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 3, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEGARMENT RACK Arthur E. Sanderson, San Pedro, Calif.

Application February 12, 1945, Serial No. 577,504

2-Claims. (01. 211-99),

This invention relates to a garment rack of the general characterembodied in my U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,902,724, issued March 21,1933, and wherein is disclosed and claimed, a structure by which a largenumber of garments can be supported and compactly stored in a shallowcloset or other restricted space Without wrinkling or disarranging thegarments, yet enabling the garments to be applied to and removed fromthe abling the garments to be conveniently applied to and removed fromthe rack. V

A further object of the present invention is to provide a garment rackof the above described character whose few parts can be cheaplyconstructed by quantity production methods from sheet metal, and simplyassembled to form a rack of such structural strength and engineeringdesign, that when properly installed on a suitable support, the rackwill be extremely rigid under a load of garments, yet can be readilymanipulated to occupy a raised position for the 'application and removalof garments, or a lowered position to compactly store the garments.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in thecombinations, arrangements and functional relationships of elementsasset forthin the following specification and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a view of the garment rack in side elevation, and installedin a shallow closet or similar restricted space; v

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the rack;

Figure 3 is an enlarged side view partly broken away, showing the racksustained in its raised position for the application and removal ofgarments;

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line l4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 3 and illustrating therack released for lowering movement; and

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, but with the rack lowered tocompactly store the garments carried thereby.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the invention in its illustratedembodiment comprises a bracket designated generally at B and constructedof sheet metal to provide a rectangular attaching plate In from onevertical edge of which projects at a right angle, a bearing or cheek.plate II which has an extension along its upper horizontal edge returnbent downwardly and parallel to the plate so as to provide a secondbearing or cheek plate l2.

The plates II and [2 are in spaced relatio to provide therebetween aguide channel I4 closed only at the top to provide along the length of,the latter a fixed abutment l5.

shaped cross section to provide a relatively long arm having a verticalflange 20 co-extensive in length with the arm, and a horizontal flange2| extending. along the upper edge of the vertical flange; Thehorizontal flange terminates in spaced relation to the inner end of thearm by beingreturn bent against the vertical flange as indicated by 22,with the combined thicknesses of the flanges enabling the inner endportion of the arm to be closely received in the guide channel 14..

The check plates l l and 12 are provided with registering openings 25and 26, whereas the ver, tical flange 20 of the supporting member S isprovided adjacent its inner end with a. horizontal slot 21, through allof which passes a pivot pin 28 which maybe in the form of a rivet orothersuitable fastening member. By means of thepin 28 and slot 21, thesupporting member S is thus mounted on the bracket B for variousmanipulations. With the attaching plate l0 secured by screws 39 or otherfastening members to a rigid support such as a wall W, the pin and slotco-act to mount the supporting member for translatory movementhorizontally which is parallel to the length of the bracket, to occupythe extreme position shown in Figure 3, or the extreme position shown inFigure 5, to accordingly sustain the member raised, or release it forpivotal lowering movement about the axis of the pin, as will be laterfully described.

At intervals along its length, the flange 20 of the supporting member Sis provided with vertically elongated openings 3| through which thehooks of conventional garment hangers are adapted to be hooked tosuspend garments from to. be closed.

ing its raised position as shown in broken lines in Figure 1. v I I Withthe; supporting member bccupying the: ext-.2 treme position oftranslatory movement horizontally as shown in Figure 3, the pin 28 will7 be disposed at the inner end of the slot 21 sothat the portion of themember between its in ner end and the axis of the pin will constitute alever arm a of such length, that underthe weight 1 of the member and theIOad-of-garments carried thereby, the lever arm will be forcedulihwardly to bear tightly against the fixed abutment l5 formed by theclosedgtop of the channel M. Thus, the member2 S Wi1l"be,1;lochedinitsraised position by-its binding aoti'onupon the bracket B, sothatgarments carried by'thehangers can beconveniently applied to andremovedfrom the supporting member.

However, upon effecting translatory movement, of .the' supportingmember, to its'oth'e'r extreme position shown; in' Figure 5,vthe pin 28-,.will be disposed at the outer. end of the slot, thus shortening thelength of the lever arm a sufficiently for it 30 to beincapable ofengaging the fixed abutment 15,1 (withthe result, that the, supportingmember will be, free,.jto gravitate about the. axis of the pin 28 to theloweredpositionshown in Figure 6 and inffull lines in Figure 1.Thesuspended garments will now be compactly stored smoothly oneagainstanother by the rack, with the supporting member entirely disposedwithin the shallow depth of the closet Cso as to permit the door DAstheg-pivotedendportion of the supporting member S is closely confinedbetween the bearing or cheek plates Il and-l2 of the bracket'B,v andslides 'jdllliingfits"tI'aIlSIQtOIY movement in close relationship tothe surface of the bracket-de fining thefixed abutment l5,--the memberwill be rigidlysustained in its lockedraised positi0n, yetcan be easilymanipulated for translatory mover ment to itstreleased raised positionby merely exerting a slight upward pressure upon the outer-- orfreeend'of. the member as such translatory V movementofthe member isbeing effected; thus enabling the member to be-loweredwith theutmostiease It :will be clear that thesupporting member can beaseasilyraised and restored to locked position 'by-reversingthe abovedescribed operation; so asto render the stored garments accessible'forr'emoval from the rack, or enable v 4 garments tobe applied to therack, as the case may be.

It will be manifest that the essential functions as above describedresult from a simple construction and arrangement of elements which lendthemselves to cheap, quantity production, so that the garment rack canbe manufactured and sold at a lower cost than racks of this typeheretofore proposed. a Y

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"1.A garment rack comprisingz a sheet metal bracketrincluding anattaching plate having a vertical cheek plate projecting at an angletherefromsaid cheek'plate provided along its upper edge with anextension return bent downwardly 1:-. in.spaced:parallel relation tosaid cheek plate to provide asecond cheek plate; a sheet metalsupporting arm of inverted L-shaped cross section providing a verticalflange and a horizontal flange terminating in spaced relation to one endof the armby being "return ,bent. at said-endover the vertical flange toreinforce thehlatter; said vertical flange having. allslot thereinadjacent said one end of the arm and whose length extends in thedirection of. the length of the arm; andapin mounted in saidcheek'p'lates, and passing through said slot to mount the arm betweensaid cheek plates for translation. from oneextreme horizon c talposition or another,to'accordin'gly cause said one end of the arm toengage said return bendof the cheekplates for co-action ..therewith in.sustaining the arm elevated,jor ,to free s'aidone end of the arm fromsuchgreturnf bend for lowering movement of the arm about the axis ofsaid pin.

2. A garment rack comprising; a sheetmetal bracket including anattaching platehaving angularly disposed cheek. plates in. spacedparallel relation and connected .j'across the topthereoi to provide afixed abutment surface; a sheetmetal garment vsupportinggarm of invertedL-shaped cross section providing .a vertical flange anda horizontalflange return, bent upon-the vertical flange along one end portion of.-the arm; said end portionof the arm being closely received -between saidcheekplates and having a slot whose length extends. longitudinallyof thearm; and a pin-mounted in the cheek plates. andpassing. N throughsaid-slot;- s aidend 'portion of the arm 1 co-acting with said fixedabutment to, sustain: the: arm J against lowering movement when the arm7 is longitudinally; adjustedgto disposefthe pinratr, the inner end of:the: slot; and; tozbe clear. of; the; abutment when the, arm. :1 is-;l0 n gitudina1ly;j a'd-: justed todispose; the pin at theothenendofsfthe .slot, sothatthe arm willbefree to; gravitate about the axis ofthe pin, r

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